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because as long as it goes to what they want to believe, they will think they are correct even if they dont want to admit that even fact checking sites are politically motivated
sumojumo · 36-40, M
You should never just believe - the fact-checking sites must have a rigorous process of verification put in place, the explanations should be clear, the sources respectful, systematic, and possibly with a great history of impactful results. And all the explanations need to be checkable so that anyone can follow the trail of their research and double-check their results.
Fact-checking is hard, but the mechanisms behind them are easy enough to understand so that at least you can quickly pinpoint bad "fact-checking". And if enough people are aware of these criteria, the information might become better.
Fact-checking is hard, but the mechanisms behind them are easy enough to understand so that at least you can quickly pinpoint bad "fact-checking". And if enough people are aware of these criteria, the information might become better.
ididntknow · 51-55, M
@sumojumo don’t you think fact checking sites, can have their own agendas?
sumojumo · 36-40, M
@ididntknow sure, many have - that is why they have to provide a very rigorous trace of their reasoning. It is the same as the science process - the scientists are people, and are thus biased by definition (everyone is sure they are right). But a very strict process minimizes the probability of that bias crawl into the results. Bias and agenda is something that we cannot avoid, so we have to be careful what the process is. We have to be careful that when we say: "Everyone has an agenda" - people jump to the conclusion that thus all the information is equally bad. That is simply not true.
SatyrService · M
because research matters
why do you believe tucker Carlson?
why do you believe tucker Carlson?
Magenta · F
It supports their own agenda.
ididntknow · 51-55, M
Or is it all just propaganda??
ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 46-50, M
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
One of the chairs of the fact checkers on Facebook that censor posts critical of the rushed vaccine is also the chair of AstraZeneca who profit from distributing the vaccine.
And then if you look even further, looking at who owns the majority shares in the company who owns the company involved in Facebook’s fact checking, it’s Facebook.
So, we are meant to believe that Facebook has honestly fact checked itself. And that a company with a shady past making billions from a vaccine would never suppress information that would stop them making more money, that having the very company that produces them also fact check vaccine posts will definitely be objective.
And then if you look even further, looking at who owns the majority shares in the company who owns the company involved in Facebook’s fact checking, it’s Facebook.
So, we are meant to believe that Facebook has honestly fact checked itself. And that a company with a shady past making billions from a vaccine would never suppress information that would stop them making more money, that having the very company that produces them also fact check vaccine posts will definitely be objective.
ElwoodBlues · M